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Human Anatomy & Physiology
Word roots,Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
03/03/2009

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a-, an-
Definition

absence or lack of acardia, lack of a heart, anaerobic, in the absence of oxygen

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ab-
Definition
departing from; away from abnormal, departing from normal
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acou-
Definition
hearing acoustics, the sicence of the sound
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ac-, acro
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extreme or extremity; peak acrodermatitis, inflamation of the skin of the extremities
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ad-
Definition
to or toward adorbital, toward the orbit
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aden-, adeno-
Definition
gland adeniform, resembling a gland in shape
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adren-
Definition
toward the kidney adernal gland, adjacent to the kidney
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aero-
Definition
air areobic respiration, oxygen-requiring metabolism
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af-
Definition
toward afferent neurons, which carry impulses to the central nervous system
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agon-
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contest agonistic and antagonistic muscles, which oppose each other
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alb-
Definition
white corpus albicans of the ovary, a white scar tissue
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aliment-
Definition
nourish alimentary canal, or digestive tract
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allel-
Definition
of one another  alleles, alternative expressions of a gene
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amphi-
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on both sides;  of both kinds of amphibian, anorganism capable of living water and on land
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ana-
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apart, up, again anaphase of mitosis, when the chromosomes seperate
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anastomos-
Definition
come together arteriovenous anastomosis, a connection between an artery and a vein
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aneurysm
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